Bell, who scored 56 and nine in the first Test against Angelo Mathews' side, has been one of England's most consistent performers in recent years, scoring 20 hundreds and 40 half-centuries in his 99-Test career to date.

England were on Tuesday fined by the International Cricket Council for their slow over rate during the Lord's Test but Bell insists the side will not let that happen again.

He said: "We took that bit longer than normal so hopefully we can tweak a little bit here and there to get back up to speed.

"We certainly tried as much as we can to get round as fast (as we could) with a four-man seam attack, and I imagine here again with predominantly seam bowling we're going to have to get around as quick as we can."